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KARL R. BENDETSEN
Karl R. Bendetsen, 43 years old, was born in Aberdeen, Washington.
He is a graduate of Leland-Stanford University, and got his law degree
from that institution in 1932.
He served in the Washington State National Guard from 1921-1924,
in the Officers Reserve Corps from 1929-1940. Called to duty in the Army
in 1940 as a captain, he was promoted to colonel March 1, 1942. He
served in the European Theater of Operations from August 1943 until
July 1945, initially as a member of the Combined Staff which planned
the Normandy invasion; later as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Forward
Communications Zone in Normandy, and then with General Bradley's 12th
Army Group. He remained on with the Army well after the time he was
entitled to point discharge. He has the Distinguished Service Medal
and the Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters. On January 4, 1950
he was nominated by you as Assistant Secretary of the Army on the recom-
mendation of the then Secretary of the Army, Gordon Gray.
During the period of time that Karl Bendetsen has served under
me as Assistant Secretary he has not only performed his responsibilities
in the management and fiscal fields with outstanding capabilities,
revising to a large extent the management and fiscal processes of the
Army, but he has also undertaken the responsibility of running the
railroads for the Army under your direction since their seizure in
August 1950. He is Chairman of the Board of the Panama Canal and has
performed numerous special assignments for the Secretary of Defense.
He is one of the most untiring workers I have ever known. His
contributions to the Army and Defense have been unique.
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